“Is it necessary to send for the police?” Anna asked.
“Absolutely,” the doctor answered, “and the sooner the better. This is a case either of suicide or murder. The police are concerned in it in either event.”
“Please go then, Mr. Brendon,” Anna said. “You will come back, won’t you?”
He nodded cheerfully.
“Of course I will,” he answered.
The doctor and Anna were left alone. Every moment or two he bent over his patient. He seemed to avoid meeting Anna’s eyes as much as possible.
“Does he live here?” he asked her presently.
“No.”
“Far away?”
“I have no idea,” Anna answered.